Season’s Readings

Books to Give, Receive, and Enjoy!

Recommended by the King County Library System Staff, 2009
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Children and Teens | Adult Fiction | Adult Nonfiction

 Season’s Readings


Children and Teens

Our Children Can SoarOur Children Can Soar: A Celebration of Rosa, Barack, and the Pioneers of Change
by Michelle Cook
BirdsBirds
by Kevin Henkes

Where the Mountain Meets the MoonWhere the Mountain Meets the Moon
by Grace Lin

A Season of Gifts by Richard Peck A Season of Gifts
by Richard Peck 

Going BovineGoing Bovine
by Libba Bray

Mission Control, This is ApolloMission Control, This is Apollo
by Andrew Chaikin

The Doom MachineThe Doom Machine
by Mark Teague

Big Bear HugBig Bear Hug
by Nicholas Oldland

Carl’s Snowy AfternoonCarl’s Snowy Afternoon
by Alexandra Day
Cat DreamsCat Dreams
by Ursula LeGuin

 

Fiction

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the PieThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
by Alan Bradley

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and SweetHotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
by Jamie Ford

Spade & ArcherSpade & Archer
by Joe Gores

Too Much HappinessToo Much Happiness
by Alice Munro

The Coral ThiefThe Coral Thief
by Rebecca Stott

Far NorthFar North
by Marcel Theroux

Noah’s CompassNoah’s Compass
by Anne Tyler

When She FlewWhen She Flew
by Jennie Shortridge

The Love CeilingThe Love Ceiling
by Jean Davies Okimoto

The Financial Lives of the PoetsThe Financial Lives of the Poets
by Jess Walter

 

Non Fiction

The Book of William: How Shakespeare's First Folio Conquered the WorldThe Book of William:  How Shakespeare's First Folio Conquered the World
by Paul Collins

The New Low-maintenance Garden: How to Create a Garden that is Smart, Sophisticated, and Sustainable
by Valerie Easton 

The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved AmericaThe Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
by Timothy Egan

Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle CityFordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City
by Greg Grandin

Strength in What Remains: A Journey of Remembrance and ForgivenessStrength in What Remains: A Journey of Remembrance and Forgiveness
by Tracy Kidder

A Brave Vessel: The True Tale of the Castaways Who Rescued Jamestown and Inspired Shakespeare's the TempestA Brave Vessel: The True Tale of the Castaways Who Rescued Jamestown and Inspired Shakespeare's the Tempest
by Hobson Woodward

Literary Feast: The Famous Authors CookbookLiterary Feast: The Famous Authors Cookbook
by the King County Library System Foundation

The Collector: David Douglas and the Natural History of the Northwest
by Jack Nisbet

Led Zeppelin: Shadows Taller Than Our Souls
by Charles R. Cross

 

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